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**: "مەن پۇتبول ئوينايمەن":  ئوينايمەن <v>aor><p1><sg>$ پۇتبول<n><sg><nom>$ مەن<prn><pers><p1><sg><nom>  
 
**: "مەن پۇتبول ئوينايمەن":  ئوينايمەن <v>aor><p1><sg>$ پۇتبول<n><sg><nom>$ مەن<prn><pers><p1><sg><nom>  
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**: "I play soccer": I<prn><pers><p1>$ play<v>< ><>$ soccer<n><sg>
 
**: "I play soccer": I<prn><pers><p1>$ play<v>< ><>$ soccer<n><sg>
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==Noun==
 
==Noun==
 
Uyghur has 10 different cases for each specific noun whereas English does not have any.
 
Uyghur has 10 different cases for each specific noun whereas English does not have any.

Revision as of 16:40, 8 April 2025

This wiki-page is created to document instances of grammar difference between some sentences in Uyghur and English.

Sentence Structure

General English sentences would follow S + V + obj, whereas in Uyghur, it would be S + obj + V. Examples:

    • "مەن پۇتبول ئوينايمەن": ئوينايمەن <v>aor><p1><sg>$ پۇتبول<n><sg><nom>$ مەن<prn><pers><p1><sg><nom>
    • "I play soccer": I<prn><pers><p1>$ play<v>< ><>$ soccer<n><sg>

Noun

Uyghur has 10 different cases for each specific noun whereas English does not have any. Examples:


Pronoun

In Uyghur, notice that:

  • Second-Person Pronouns are categorized based on the formality
  • The Third-Person Pronoun are not categorized according to gender or number.

In English, both of these cases are the opposite.

Examples:


Verb to be

In English, the verb "to be" is used; whereas in Uyghur, it is often omitted. Examples:


Verbs

The verbs are categorized according to the pronouns. Since the Pronouns are already different between the two languages, this leads to many cases that leads to a difference in the tags for the verb in each tense. Examples: